Social Media's Anti-Socialization Myth
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Many people like to tout the idea that social media and virtual online communities are detrimental to the face-to-face socialization skills of our children. In this slideshow, technical author Curt Robbins debunks this myth, citing how services like Facebook, Kik, Vine, and Instagram can actually enhance the social skills of today's youth. Before you assume that social media is harming your children, consider this perspective.
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Social Media's Anti-Socialization Myth
- 1. From the blog Middle Class Tech Social Media’s anti-Socialization Myth
- 2. During a kitchen table conversation regarding the effect of internet- connected mobile devices and social media on the six grandchildren in her house
- 3. …my mother-in- law asserted that these elements were detrimental to the face-to-face socialization opportunities and practices of the ten to fourteen- year-olds scurrying around her
- 4. She was concerned about the amount of time they were spending using their iPod Touches and iPads to engage in social media using services like Snapchat, Instagram, Kik, and Vine
- 5. I've heard this perspective shared by others—often older folks or those who engage with technology less than the average person
- 6. Many simply don't share the wanderlust of modern millennials toward their back pocket devices and wi-fi-connected touchscreens
- 7. It's an attitude and fear that is increasingly pervasive among paranoid helicopter parents and those who spent the bulk of their lives without this technology
- 9. Myriad online virtual communities are not corrupting the social skills and manners of our children; I contend that they are enhancing these skills
- 10. Before you call BS, let me explain
- 11. Via school, marching band, volunteer activities, neighborhood friends, shopping, the library, etc, the average middle-class child gets plenty of face-to-face socialization
- 14. We're augmenting what we've always done as humans
- 15. We're still sitting around camp fires telling scary stories
- 16. But we're now also telling those stories on Tumblr, Facebook, WordPress, and Twitter
- 17. My 13-year-old daughter can slam out text on her iPod Touch faster than any human I've witnessed
- 19. This girl has spent much time locked into her mobile device
- 21. Considering the huge investment of time and effort she's made in these app-based networking services
- 24. She has twice the social skills of some Amish kid cruelly deprived of technology and modern social media
- 25. All without negatively affecting her grades or volunteer activities
- 26. Not only does social media not put a ding in the real-world social skills of these kids
- 27. Social media often directly enhances the social skills of children
- 28. The virtual social media world feeds our "face-to- face" reality
- 29. And vice versa
- 30. Ignoring such a detailed dynamic gets a Luddite button pinned to your chest
- 32. It will show in both their physical and virtual social worlds
- 34. Other kids are shy or introverted
- 35. A virtual or social media-based existence allows those who may lack self- confidence to engage with likeminded others
- 37. Working with social media "training wheels" may actually help young people engage in real life
- 38. Proving to them that they can successfully conduct and gain enrichment from interactions with others
- 40. Today, our kids have more varied and dynamic social opportunities than at any time in the history of humans
- 41. Our children's socialization skills are surely critical as they mature
- 42. Is negatively criticizing young people for harnessing social media to interact and share ideas
- 44. Really the approach we want to take?
- 45. The author kindly requests that you check out Home Theater for the Internet Age
- 46. Other Books by Curt Robbins Understanding Personal Data Security Understanding Digital Music Understanding Cutting the Cord Understanding Home Theater
- 47. About Curt Robbins Blog: Middle Class Tech Flipboard magazine: Middle Class Tech Twitter: @CurtRobbins